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You'll be happy to see your car look washed and clean after it tries the excellent car wash at West Norriton Auto Wash in Norristown.
Take your car in for a spotless interior cleaning from the experts at West Norriton Auto Wash.
Don't let your car's carpet resemble a mosaic painting. Get the dirt and crumbs out with a detailing by West Norriton Auto Wash's fantastic team.
For a clean the lasts, bring your car on over to West Norriton Auto Wash.
Their auto services are among the best in Norristown, and you'll definitely swear by West Norriton Auto Wash's service when all is said and done.

Has your car seen better days? Well, it can see them once more when you take advantage of the terrific body shop service at Tri Progressive Services' location in Norristown.
Stop by Tri Progressive Services right away to get that oil change done, so your car's engine can keep running smoothly.
Don't wait to get a dynamic car inspection before it's too late. bar can help you understand everything about your car with a multi-point vehicle inspection.
Don't ration your car's maintenance, especially when Tri Progressive Services offers conveniently priced tire changes as well.
Tri Progressive Services' A+ team is prepared to help rid your car of any surface deficiencies when you ask them about their scratch and dent repair service.
No matter what type of body shop service you need, Tri Progressive Services has you covered when it comes to automotive repairs.
You'll love Tri Progressive Services' direct automotive service so much, you'll definitely keep coming back for all your auto needs in Norristown.

If your car needs body work, don't settle for anything less than the best. Roll on over to the auto experts at Conshohocken Auto Glass in Conshohocken for top-notch services and quality you can depend on.
Additionally, you'll want to make sure your tires are in tiptop shape. Conshohocken Auto Glass offers great tire changes and rotations, too.
Rest assured, you'll find the affordable and perfect oil change at Conshohocken Auto Glass' shop.
From seat covers to floor mats, find all the car accessories you need at Conshohocken Auto Glass.
Don't let your vehicle remind you of that fender bender from months ago. Get the dents and scratches fixed by Conshohocken Auto Glass today.
Ready to take your vehicle from battered to beautiful? Head over to Conshohocken Auto Glass, your new favorite body shop.
So bring you car in to the experts at Conshohocken Auto Glass, where you can count on reliable auto care and friendly service.

Great parts and quality body care can greatly increase the longevity of your vehicle. Keep your ride running like new for many miles to come with top notch care from German Auto Specialists in Plymouth Meeting.
If you are due for a tire change or rotation, this shop has great and affordable service options.
Upgrade your results with German Auto Specialists by asking them about their stellar scratch and dent repair services.
While you're at German Auto Specialists, ask about their conveniently priced transmission service!
Don't put up with a broken A/C in your car — German Auto Specialists will have it working again in no time.
Make sure your engine is healthy with a quality oil change from here.
For repairs big and small, you can expect great service and quality from German Auto Specialists.
If you've been disappointed by the rest, it's now time you stopped by German Auto Specialists for the best.

For a no-nonsense body shop in the Conshohocken area, Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard provides direct, reliable service for your vehicle. Every time. It's that simple.
Make sure your car looks as great as it did the day you drove it off the lot by inquiring about Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard's excellent dent and scratch repair service.
At Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard, you can receive a quick and affordable oil change from the professionals on staff.
While you're in for a repair, ask about the terrific tire changes and rotations additionally offered by Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard.
When you are in a bind and need to get your ride back to tip-top shape, pay Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard a visit and let the staff work their body shop magic.
When you want to go somewhere who deals with you and your car honestly, Joe's Garage and Salvage Yard has the trustworthy automotive shop in Conshohocken.

When your car needs body work, don't entrust it to just anyone. Bring it in to the auto experts at Sts Tire and Auto Centers in Norristown.
Keep your car decked out with all the accessories you need by browsing the selection at Sts Tire and Auto Centers.
Great news! Whenever you come to Sts Tire and Auto Centers for service on your car, they can help you with an oil change, too.
Additionally, you'll want to make sure your tires are in tiptop shape. Sts Tire and Auto Centers offers great tire changes and rotations, too.
Want to get your car completely re-imagined? You'll be happy to know Sts Tire and Auto Centers offers scratch and dent repair as well.
Ready to take your vehicle from battered to beautiful? Head over to Sts Tire and Auto Centers, your new favorite body shop.
Is your car in need of a repair or check-up? Bring in in to the auto specialists at Sts Tire and Auto Centers today.

Groupon Guide

I’ve been seeing infrared body wraps on Groupon for years, but I’d never actually sought one out until this week. They always sounded great, though—like a mix of getting hugged and sunbathing. So I was excited to head to Divine Grace Skin Spa (2120 S. Halsted St.) to try a Formostar-branded infrared body wrap. Divina Condemi, the owner, said I’d burn calories and be measurably slimmer by the time the treatment was over. And that any slim-down would be prolonged if I maintained a healthy diet afterward.
“For the best results, you won’t go home and eat a cheeseburger,” she said.
It all sounded doable, but I was still a little nervous. After all, I was about to place myself in what—based on its name—sounds like a roasting cocoon. And Divina had told me not to wear a hoodie with a zipper because metal conducts heat and would get uncomfortably hot during the wrap.
Before
When I got to the spa, Divina assured me that infrared wraps are more sweaty-hot than burning-hot. According to Divina, the key to how they work is the type of heat used—it comes from infrared light, which has wavelengths that are supposed to penetrate skin and may help break down fat. That’s what sets infrared wraps apart from most other therapeutic wraps, Divina said. Typically, those wraps help more with detoxification.
But infrared wraps can detoxify, too. When I heard all that, I was ready to go. Divina took my “before” measurements, and I headed into the treatment room.
During
When I lay down on the bed in my sweats, I discovered that the body wrap consists of large pads, not an adult-size swaddle blanket made of space-suit material. Divina velcroed a total of six silicone pads around me: one on each of my arms, one on each leg, and two around my middle. They were snug but not skintight—according to Divina, it was mostly important for them to be touching my body.
After that, she dimmed the lights and left me alone for an hour. For the first 40 minutes or so, it felt great. I laid back, relaxed in the warmth, and—since I could move my arms—deleted hundreds of pictures from my phone. Now I have room for a new iPhone update!
The last 20 minutes, though, it really started to get hot. My back got so toasty, I had to adjust how I was sitting to get some relief. I thought I wouldn’t be able to feel the heat through my thick sweats, but I’m pretty sure I would have been able to feel it through a brick wall.
After
Afterward, I felt hot and sticky. And a tiny bit hungry, though Divina said that’s normal. The amount of calories you burn during a treatment is supposedly the equivalent of a serious meal. Like, a burger and fries. And another burger.
Those weren't the only physical results. When Divina measured me a second time, I had lost half an inch from my waist and an inch from around my butt. I can’t wait to see if the inch-loss lasts and what happens during my next visit—I bought a six-pack of wraps, so I’m going back in two days. I’ll keep you guys posted!

A french braid is an optical illusion of sorts—it looks like it requires a lot of effort, but if you know what you’re doing, it only takes about 90 seconds. One surprising tip: ditch the comb. When I was little, my mom used a comb to meticulously french-braid my hair before school, and it would take at least 10 minutes. Instead, follow these steps, practice the proper finger placement, and before long you’ll find yourself cruising through this 'do.
Video: Jorie Larsen, Groupon
Ready to advance to the next level? Try the braided crown updo.
The Braided Updo, Two Ways: A Video Tutorial
One is a fun twist on the messy bun, and the other turns your hair into a french-braided headband.

When Patrice Yursik was first picking a name for her blog, she knew it had to have “bella” in it somewhere. She liked that it was an internationally recognized word for beauty, and she “wanted the whole framing of [the blog] to be, ‘Traditionally, we have been told we aren’t beautiful, but we are.’”
Celebrating beauty of all shapes and shades is what Afrobella is all about. In covering topics like natural hair, plus-size fashion, and makeup for women of color, Patrice gave voice to an often-overlooked demographic in the beauty world. Nowadays, her expertise is sought out by everyone from Glamour to Essence to Target.
But while Afrobella spreads the message of self-acceptance—and hair acceptance—Patrice hasn’t always found it easy to love her hair. Before she was a champion for natural hair, she was a 3-year-old with a boy’s haircut and a college student using drugstore relaxers. To find out how she got where she is now, I chatted with her to put together a timeline of her landmark hair moments.
1982: Bullies Who Braid
When Patrice was 3 years old, she was playing on the swing in her yard with some older neighborhood girls who offered to braid her hair. It seemed fun! But then they ran away.
When she tried to get off the swing, she couldn’t—her hair was braided into the chain. Her parents ended up cutting off all her hair to free her. “I remember feeling like a little boy,” Patrice said. “And feeling unhappy with my appearance at such an early age.”
1985: Burned by Relaxer
After the swing incident, her hair grew back into thick, coarse curls that she hated shampooing. By the time Patrice was 6, her mother was at her wits’ end and took her to get her first relaxer. Afterward, Patrice’s hair was silky and soft. She remembered thinking, “Oh my God, I have this Barbie hair now!”
She also remembered the relaxer leaving scabs all over her head—but she thought that was normal. Now she realizes that her childhood stylists often skipped steps, like putting a base on her scalp to keep the chemicals from burning her.
1991: Dennis, Hairstylist and Teacher
Patrice thinks of Dennis as her first real hairstylist. He was the first person to ask Patrice what she wanted her hair to look like, and the first who treated hairstyles as a form of self-expression. This sometimes led to a few surprises when Patrice’s mom picked her up from the salon. “She’d be like, ‘I didn’t tell him to put a red streak in your hair,’” Patrice said. “And I was like, ‘Well, I did.’”
1998: New Country, New Hair
Patrice moved from her native Trinidad to the US to attend the University of Miami—without Dennis. Her first purchase of drugstore relaxer came with rubber gloves. “I have to put gloves on my hands to protect them from this thing I’m about to put on my head without any protection?” she remembered thinking. Patrice did it, though, thanks to a couple of friends who helped her reach the back of her head.
2000: Not Quite Natural
After a few years, the DIY relaxer was starting to wear on Patrice’s hair. So her sophomore year, she cut it all off and resolved to go natural. That promise was tougher to keep than it seemed, though. Every once in a while, she would crack and relax it again, then let it all grow out—a process akin to yo-yo dieting.
2002: Wedding Hair and White Lies
Patrice and her husband got married three weeks after their college graduation. Before the ceremony, she went to get her hair relaxed with her mom in tow. She had recently cut her own hair and was trying to hide that fact from her salon-devotee mother. When the stylist asked Patrice about the weird cut, she blamed a terrible stylist who didn’t exist. “Why am I living this lie of hair on so many levels?” she thought.
It was the last time she got her hair relaxed.
2002–2006: Natural Hair, Take Two
Patrice was determined to finally learn about natural hair, but it wasn’t easy. In the beginning, she used only the “very limited products in the African American hair section” at the drugstore. Over time, though, she graduated from greasy products to her current favorites: Shea Moisture, Oyin Handmade, and Karen’s Body Beautiful, all of which are available at Target. (For detangling, she also loves the huge and heavy Ouidad Double Detangler).
2006: Afrobella Is Born
Patrice started her blog because she couldn’t find anyone online who looked like her. “When I say look like me, I mean natural hair, brown-skinned, loves makeup, plus-size,” she explained.
She didn’t think she could be the only one who wanted to see this—and she was right. Today, she has thousands of readers thanks to her signature mix of practical product tips and philosophical advice. For example: “You have to learn how to love [your hair] and not compare it to somebody else’s,” she said.
Find the best stylist for your hair by searching Groupon for hair salons in your city.
Photo credit: Childhood photos courtesy of Patrice Yursik; hero image courtesy of Chuck Olu-Alabi.